recycling

Pluralrecyclings

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The work of sorting used materials so they can be cleaned and used again.

   Like saving old toys to fix up instead of throwing them away.

   Recycling keeps glass and paper out of the trash.

   Many families now sort their cans for recycling each week.

   Similarreprocessing, reclamation

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of recycle. Use this -ing form for an action happening now.

   She is recycling all the cardboard boxes from the move.

   They are recycling old newspapers into packing material.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   Used materials that have been gathered together to be made into something new.

   Like a pile of empty bottles waiting to be turned into new glass.

   Put the recycling in the blue bin by the curb.

   The recycling was full of cans and bottles.

   Similarrecyclables

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4. 4
   nounfigurativelycountable or uncountable

   Something new made out of older things used again.

   Like making a new picture by cutting up old magazines.

   The movie felt like a recycling of older stories.

   His new song is a recycling of an old tune.

   Similarrehash, rehashing, reworking

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